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ffew «f V"V IV •, 1 fc- mm Men Continuing for 9 Days (WANE HOLMES WAS flic ABOVE CLOUDS "Ward County Air Fighter Says Its Some Feat to Stand in Machine Going 125 Miles an Hour—Hand kerchiefs Often Pulled From Men's Pockets by Air Suction Duane Holmes, who wrote his fath er concerning his experiences in Prance, gives an extraordinary in teresting account of an air gunner's ter, a part of which was published 3ast week: I'm back now from supper and will Write a little more about my adven ture in Fiance. Store al our blankets for a short sleep "We took up our drill work right away, flight hours a day was spent in vari ous ways. And once a week we took ••an all lay hike. Sunday was quite *ur own. It was after one of these Jukes that I had to go on sick report. jater we sent details down to unload ships. I was down one day and han dled lumber all day. About this time a. call came for a men (a sergeant) to ro to an automatic weapon school. 1 tihot I had no chance to be so for Since that d«.y I've only seen two wiemlbers of the old company—the '-captain in October, 1917 and one of the old crew on the evening of Nov. Hth, 1918. It was good to hear afijoufc some of the old timers. That was my first experience in gripping over the railways of France and em'oved he trip. Well, I traveled third and second class. But 39ever yet have I gone the usual meth *d of "forty men to the box car". I went thru the school O. K., mak ing good grades and when a call came in for .wm.e Lewis gun instructors the Ankie trouble a~ain! A few days: Haviland 'battle plane, the kind we tunateT However, on the evening of tail at the rate of 125 miles per Sept. 13th the Top told me I was, "to report to Lieut. Cochran for a!n fire any on the first trip which competitive test. Well, I went over iwa5 made on Thursday but simply and won the chnwe to go to that! practiced moving the tourelle the school and Started that day, Seipt. 14: mounting for the gun around in for Goiidrecourt 0 woman •. business, %rn ~-3f couple of days. Also I rode dowr i&e boulevard with the famous violin 'Sgt, Spanlding. I did not know the ^fistinction I was having at that time. myt orgar^i VyV«tjjfc in very satisfactory kept me at Isson dun. I was sick at heart when that letter came back (disapproved. I was then permitted to put in my ap plication for a commission as observ er. But it didn't go thru right away and when it did, in spite of good recommendations, it was pigeon holed. 1 In May I left the class room and took charge of a machine gun firing range. I opened it up with eight men and four Vickers machine guns. of Parisian accent touched my! me.n went by. patroling the coast, there too late. 4,.t „ranMi ©Ibow and said, "You go wiz me?" It' Once in a while a "Blimp" offered a! And now rumor has it 'that several •vWas then in my broken French I re-1 tempting target to a A. WIa' 11 'plied that I was in Paris on business ami as«t for pleaBive, and I've hieen .able to shake off ever since j#rom reports they had reasons to do S found m-v friend Bruce there after! so for a "boat offers a good water left Paris for Issondun on been among, above and in them. riy in -March I wait promoted to In a way I wa* to get thru for technical duty. Early my tnuning there. put a letter thru.piilitafy esting to be returned to No It was a fifty yard range and the practice was firing at deflection mo dels. Deflection is used to compen sate for a moving target such as airplanes offer. One must fire 35 feet ahead of a plane Which travels a feelings as he stands at his gun shoot- range. Later my application went The Germans had seventy-two hours inp: thru space at a fearful speed. The thru and with the supposition that I to decide and the time was up Mon Xollowing is a continuation of the let- would soon be called for training I day at eleven a. m. We remained was put in charge of the armory.! there until Monday night and I must Our ship was parked along side the Finland but none were al lowed ashore. Next morning we went spare time I designed a machine gun Words cannot tell what was taking ashore with lipfht packs and took bur. to give a variety of practice on a place. Soldiers were_embraced, kiss-1 first hike on French soil. We went moving target to give ample practice ed and cheered. "Vive l'Amerique" out around to Camp No. 1 and came in deflection. I thot I hajfe-a good rang out every few feet. Every in tired and hungry. That: evening idea and wanted to put it in action. I buvette, cafe and saloon trundled out "we were given our first shore liberty However, when an opportunity came its rare vintages and swapped it for in' France. It was that evening that on Oct. 13th I grabbed at it. It was the rolling franc9* The crowds drank 1 tried' on my French' on the shop! my chance at last. I was a chance and moved on or drank and remained •ikeepers. It was with queer results. I to be trained as an aerial gunner for to gaze. One could scarcely get .a The next day our ship was warped biplane chase work I took no time! meal that evening on account of the .an unloading pier and all day we to make up my mind and a few mm- crowds. It was hard to leave Pam were busy as bees getting the cargo utes later I was down to the hospital when she was so gay but it h^ to ashore. It was good har'work, but J®ac*y to "we worked until ten p. m, and started the exam .0. K. and waited about a •font for our -new home at 12:00 mid-) we®k orders. "anight. Tt was about a two mile hike! to St. Jean de Monts for training. "-and we were glad to get out there and There wre fourteen men from Isson dun. Flint and I had lots of work with the Lewis gun which we were to use so we were in a more advanced class and started flying only a couple in one of those on my birthday so I knew what speed they had. To stand up in one—and one has to stand up to fire—one must stand the buffets of a streaiwo? air movingn back over hour So it some breeze. I did- various positions, getting used to the work in the wind. I perspired heav ily on that trip because it was work I was pot used to. There I had a chance to use my head say that Paris was wild with en a bit and—well the application did thusiasm after hostilities had ceased, not come thru and I remained in the I've never seen such crowded boule armory all summer. I took my leave vards, such cheerful, cheering crowds, in September as I told you. My ser- Every flag called followers and there vices were not needed there and in was a new parade every half block.. examination. Passed be done. Then proceeded of days after we arrived. Of course ter a short skirmish found our way all of us had had some time in the air. to our home for that night. I made Many had never been up in a De iriajor in "charge rVcVmmemicd me' a^d had other experiences such as forced ptiher^, achieved What once seemed for 1 Jf" othpr fallow a friend of mine a landings, and one fellow turned over, impossible. The arm's and spirit of, Propriation lor^ repair worK, and the "Si now S in-, on hi5 back on .ecount of ^oor land- the U. S.am! the Ate, hav. pre- budset \Pr tbP Prance After There were twenty of us N. C. vailed. Much as we doubt the sin- WOIK was centralized one omciai W finished mi irm. I was'sent to! O. training a, (runners and the worst eerity of the German reform atoo* we betto^results wouWJ* Marine tfie cool Yaris to renort for dutv wr.'.h the air kerchief? which we*-e snatched out of! and pdls did their bit and some their J?rvL thft me Pari? was their pockets by the wind. We had all in Bellieau Woodfe. And in spite wore OT*en to outside men. I landed fine weather while there and some of myjhaving Chosen there un'i ruled an 1 alone. I check- days could see vast convoys heading my wh^eonlythe^br^ mv haand when I was 6n un the coast of St. Nazaire. Occa- -I feel that I did little in this war. I "the walk outside the Gare de l'Est, a sionally flying boat manned bj^fRivy never was there to fight. I arrived ners^ and twas said fisher men shun- firfft to return'home. We all wonder ned that bullet ridden shore. And I who the other lucky ^squadrons will be. I am a lonesome Marine. I have been with the Air Service too long. A JJ.IA -*mfiDo in target And a dive over the side to keep a whole hide is root inviting in JTovember. Don^t know a-s you've eveV 'been above the clouds! I've There's only the altitude between a fellow and the world beyond when one's in the air. A little And gravity is always looking for a \4 «&j\ Pj"* old stock. Men, here paragraph saying my services were chance to yet his work in. And at 100 miles per hour at 200 yards' early armistice. 1 breaking up in a fall is not so bad. There is always a possibility of fire. And somehow a fellow can't get the dread of that out of his system. It doesn't give a fellow a chance! One is reported to have asked an aviator when he was going to the front. His reply explains what a flying man is up against: "An aviator is always at the front". So I was glad to get thru and be sent to the front for as signment. We left for a replacement depot on Nov. 9th. We were routed around what I call the "long wrong way" but by a little maneuvering we grabbed an express, for Paris and. Sunday, Nov. 10th found us in Paris. Paris was gay over the possibility of an The train that took us from Paris to Toul was crowded and. we traveled all night and were six hours late on ar riving. It was muddy and miserable in Toul but the meal we had there helped matters quite a bit. At 4:30 we left on a truck for a twenty-five kilometer ride. We arrived and af- a were to train in—I had my first ride tied for the night The next day we Fridav when I came back from a formed pj firing flight my pilot misjudged the tion. I wish I were part of that wind a bit and we were drifting as we army. But I guess I never was des landed. We broke a tire which threw tined to reach the scene of battles, the machine up on her nose. No onei Now that the terms of armistice was hurt in the least except the ma-! are being gradually—tho sullenly— chine. The fellows joked me about fulfilled we do not feel the cry that being up in a crow's nest but I told called us here. We feel only a long thesm a Marine was supposed to be ing to get hack to the greatest coun at home most afiywhere. That was try in the world. Get back under the nearest I came to a smash while, a civilian rating where every man is wa^ there. Some iof the other boy®! equally free. We have, thru aiding ten kilometer trip to get pur bag- an(j about eight thirty was set- were assigned to the First Day Bom bardment Group and the following morning we took a truck train for tlheir station. We got into their camp late in the evening and I and Flint were assigned to the 20th Aero Squadron. A member of the group But we were too late. I would never be able to go over the line now and take a poke at the Hun. I was a week too late. No longer was there a line—no more need for the deadly bombs—unles the Hun was unfaithful as formerly. I was not even fortun ate enough to be in a squadron which formed part of the army of occupa- DELCO-LIGHT Ths eempleta Bleditc IJ^kt and ewev Saves time and labor, Increases farm efficiency, Pays for itself: BERT PLOWMAN Minot, N. D. BTiir^JEjajgiajHjafajHiiifajEfEn^JHiBiHfajHfHrajiUHjgiHJHjaniJEfHJErgiHjarafHJaii •ig/HJgjgigiHiEiaigfii/afgwuafEiaraigiajgjaiBjafHraJHiziHfHraraiaK r'X.'./ 1. v. WW W WV W% Having bought the Carl Lindberg stock of Men's Furnishings, located ih the Waverly Block, S. Main St., in Minot, I will put the complete stock on tale MONDAY, JANUARY 6tt Men's high grade Sockt, Dress Shirts, Flannel Shirts, Mackinaw*, Top Coats, Collars, Neckties, Underwear, Pajamas, Night Shirts, Stetson Hats, Caps, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Overalls, Work Shirts, Suit Cases, Jewelry, etc., will be sold at *-«©SS UlcMl V/nC'Ilair IliCC These goods are all new and high grade. Is A. A. ZETHREN "V "|k 9 ^n* ae Minot, Now I'm wondering, will I go home with them? Should I do so there will be a co-incidence. I came across with the 20th Co. Marines. And I am now attached as an N. C. O. Aerial gunner to the 20th Aero Squadron. You now have a review of my so journ in the Army or Marines. The honors are up where the dangers are. I can claim none of the honor in winning the war. I was willing! But the fellows who won it were those who went tihru the triple hell of.Ohat eau Thierry and the Argonne, the air men who assisted them and the sacri ficial efforts of the folk back home. Best wishes for Xmas to all. Your loving son, DUANE. Address me at 243 Garrett St. Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. "STATE REPAIRER" PROPOSED North Dakota Budget Commission Say Saying Can Be Made. Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 27.—The cre ation of an office of "state repairer" bl^pt commission, the duty of the repairer to keep up repairs on all public buildings owned by the state. Every institution, in its budget first developed, thus reducing the cost. And in spite! HE FINDS "DIP" THAT ROB BED HIM LOSES $1,100 MORE Charles Homerberg, a farmer resid isg near Oakes, Dckey county, spent Christmas day in Minneapolis to find the "dip" who picked his pocket of $140 last fall. He found him and is short $1,100 more, according to a dis patch received from Mineapolis. Mr. Homerberg, according to the dispatch, met the thief in the same saloon where the previous "picking" took place. He engaged him in con versation, but was suddenly left standing alone. To his dismay Mr. Homerberg discovered that hie wal let containing $200 in Mils and a draft for $900 was misting. Minneapolis police ara- searching the pickpocket. for EQUITY PLANT TO OPEN APRIL 15 The Equity Co-operative Packing company's new plant on the Shey enne river four miles west of Fargo will be in operation not later thap April 15 next, according to an an nouncement last evening hy L. C. Hoop man, superintendent. Mr. Hoop man said that 75 men were engaged •*rt\ .'it"?1 -t\i.v a chance of a lifetime to stock up on staple merchandise at much leu than wholesale "Your old groceryman" 1 r^X K^7} v*" i, if *. Vfc i®#. W a iLan La|£ DJ^ Furniture Sale Commencing Saturday, January 4th, we will place our entire stock of furniture on sale at discbunts of 15, 20, 25, 33^ and 50 per cent Sale will last a short time only. Every article in our store will be included except Pianos and Phonographs. If further particulars are desired we will upon request send you one of our sale circulars. niture 225-227-229-231 So. Main^St. 4 MM** in installing machinery, and yards and outbuildings would be commenced as soon as the weather permitted. Un avoidable delays in delivery of ma chinery and materials has greatly de layed the opening, he added. Twenty-four houses for employes, commenced last fall, are now near ing completion. NO NEGLIGENCE SHOWN. Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 27.—That a man who walks up an incline behind a loaded coal car drawn by a cable Johnson was the defendant and appel lant. will be proposed to the legislature by, the Second North Dakota district, who Mr. Benson will return to camp hi. has in with pneumonia ington for several days, is believed to have passed the crisisr and is re covering, according to word received in Fargo today. Congressman Young suffered attack of pneumonia following mflu- critical cdhdition. a. YOUNG BELIEVED OUT OF DANGKt Congressman George M. Young, of P*tal hut her condition is favorable. in Wash- '~w BOY BEATER SENTENCED. Schafer, N. D., Dec. 27.—Robert Jensen, arrested recently for assault ing two of his sons with a dangerous weapon, was sentenced to serve a vonos TO ousnoil year in the state prison when he pleaded guilty before Judge Frank Fisk, of the district court. Hagenstein's Ice A. D. Hagenstein, city'auditor, has 4 children to enjoy the winter's sport,: eHCn Pjafe lor tne all per*on« and it cost but a~ mere trifle to fix the aMwsary vouchers, place up. The old man himself, who^ tu£rt?L is a skater from away back, gets out ri«k and tries out the ice occasionally. Oltjr Scores of youngsters enjoy the rink each dav Alice Brockey Died of Influenza. Glenburn Advance: Alice Brockey, oldest daughter of M* John Brockey! Ja?^.PA mahi i-jr TABUTS I t{,. .i I. i5 V-jk.*K TJ?'.\ •nyv'i Continuing for 9 Days w' ii .vaftpmst. The taking from the Brockey home of this bright young girl, just enter ing womanhood, leaves a vacancy that time cannot erase from memory, ar any one else fill. She was the pride of her father and after her mother #. which has been supposed to he safe died, for a time she took charge af cannot be held guilty of contributory the household duties of their home aad negligence when the cable 'breaks and discharged her duty with remarkalrie the car draps hack upon him, cutting skill. At the time of her death she off a leg, is the ruling of Associate 14 years, 7 months and 8 days Justice Harry A. Bronson, who wrote *oM. She is survived hy her father, the opinion of the supreme court up- ••ep-mother, and three brothers, holding the McLean county district court's award of $3,000 damages to Erick Abels tad of Garrison. Swan A. Lyle Benson Called Home on Account of Wife's Illness Lyle Benson, formerly in charge mt the eptical department of the Win ters Jewelry Co., was called home ea aorount of the serious illness of his wife. Mrs. Benson is still in the Pm of (Waterford township, southwest af Glenburn, died at four o'clock Taae day after a short illnes with infln»^» Funeral services were held Chrisffiws day at the home and the body was laid to rest in the Lansford cemetery beside the body of her mother, whe" died a few years ago. 1u- few days. Lyle looks fine from tk« effects of his military training. PhilHps Loses Valuable Mare. the twily^r-^'reg^teS^^rSSUl maM iast week f.om enza, and was for some time a very ,atingr poi8oned oats found in^ ah oU» shack which had been,left open hy trappers. He valued the animal at $500.00. WHY NOT MINOT st**e North Dakota, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the undersigned, D. A. Iinnle, EJ of tlie laat WUI and Estate of El' his own private ice rink, which he! Dinnie. late of the City of Minot .1* made by flooding his entire garden.'of and state of Nwflir TTiin malcci a dandv nlnro fnr tlu Hi deceased, to the creditors havln* claims said decedent, to -s the effectae* ji of Ward. In County Courl Before Hon. Wm. Mar/ay( trH anlMt 2, January r«y!cr Drug Co. ftNWard't Drug Store $ exhibit them withSe*^ within mix mmt Murphy. ef Minot in mtafcbe hts'attoroeyi^TiteM-'I]-CoostyVWardsaid 1»1«. p._A,„ D1NN1B, r--y::,V Executer..-* nsit.aad Munhy, rS.. uj A(«2ec»iiior.2nd 1-2-vk-s Better Than Pill For Liver Ills. Get a s# sr Box